Henry Ward Beecher: “The whole chance of Right, and the whole theory of Liberty, springs from that part of man that lies beyond this life.”

Two great powers that will not live together are in our midst, and tugging at each other's throats.

Dying, we will leave it a legacy to our children, and they shall will it to theirs, until the work is done, our fathers' prayers are answered, and this whole land stands clothed and in its right mind--a symbol of what the earthly fruits of…

If the North gives to the Nation her radical principles of human rights and democratic Governments, there will be the peace of an immeasurable prosperity.

An infernal Juno, envious of the destined greatness of this country, hath sent this serpent upon it!